Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And put them your side since we found that I did them for you . |
| 2 | Well it is quite fine , I mean it do does make your eyes ache if you do it for too long . |
| 3 | I do n't know if I did it for Dad or Dad did it for me . |
| 4 | In the second play , Audience , Ferdinand is called in by the head maltster , played by Freddie Jones , who insists that he joins him for a drink and a chat . |
| 5 | Charles , her husband , jokes all the time about what I 'm wearing , insists that I join them for formal dinners late at night , and then teases me throughout them because I 've never eaten squid before , and I do n't know what haggis is made of . |
| 6 | But in the very next poem he says that he did it for a change of diet , a bout of ‘ physic ’ as it were , needed after over-indulgence : ‘ being full of your ne'er cloying sweetness , /To bitter sauces did I frame my feeding ’ ( 118 ) . |
| 7 | Not only do they hold good against the trustee himself , and against his creditors during his life-time and his representatives after his death , but also against all to whom he may have transferred the property , and who can not show that they acquired it for value and without notice of the trust . |
| 8 | I says if we do it for you it 'll cost you a fortune , he said |
| 9 | He reminded them of all the things that he 'd said and done and he prepared them for their mission in the world . |
| 10 | That 's a sign of the new maturity he says he possesses and I respect him for it . ’ |
| 11 | Yeah but on the yeah but I mean if she sold it for thirty two she 'd still owe them nine thousand would n't she ? |
| 12 | Well if there 's stuff that 's you know , you do n't want and it 's all right for jumble , I mean if you want it for jumble take it , but if not we 'll have it for jumble , I mean you know it 's erm |
| 13 | He blushed to think of how shamelessly he 'd paraded himself when he 'd had Judith on his arm ; how he 'd joked that she loved him for his cleanliness , and for his taste in bidets . |
| 14 | Right I 'm convinced such a good breed and you very kindly rigged this Topper up for me so well you wo n't mind if I take it for a spin will you ? |
| 15 | Erm do you mind if I leave you for a second ? |
| 16 | ‘ What 's — the matter this morning ? ’ she said , in the voice she had used when he asked her for an off-games note . |
| 17 | Because I I mean I because she had asked me originally to keep it but I keep mine all separate until you asked me for it . |
| 18 | Now of course what happened is that we claimed , we w went to the insurance and then they took they got a list of what was damaged and we replaced it for what he 'd lost er exactly . |
| 19 | The blue eyes narrowed as he regarded her for a moment . |
| 20 | I just knew I was inspired when I proposed you for this job here , that it would come back to me in some incredible way . |
| 21 | Some people do n't stop when she asks them for money , but most people think for a bit and then dig in their pockets and give her summat . |
| 22 | It 's wet through and 75% burnt but I kept it for you . " |
| 23 | included in mine , so it meant that they paid me for the summer holidays cos I did n't officially really |
| 24 | The mercenary ones simply put up with them and pretend that they love them for what they can get out of them . |
| 25 | I saw that Mrs Fairfax approved of my correct behaviour , and I knew that he respected me for it . |
| 26 | comment if I asked you for some advice ? |
| 27 | When she began to unbutton his shirt he stood , paralysed , staring at the slack flesh round her stomach , he shivered and she took it for excitement ; he had dreamed about this , waiting for the moment when he would instinctively know what to do , would take control , but instead she was rubbing against him with a cool professionalism that unnerved him . |
| 28 | I remember the excitement and relief I felt when I read it for the first time as a very young nun . |
| 29 | Other women do and I admire them for it . |
| 30 | Susie smiled when I thanked her for putting up with me . |